of this country might find a useful lesson if they would but profit by it. They would fee the falfhood and wickednels of those demagogues who would endeavour to perfuade them that there can be no freedom under any but one form of government ; and that the controul of any government in any hands but that of the people, is inconfiftent with happiness or independ ence. In the attachment of GIBBON, the celebrated historian, to that country, and in the fentiments which he expreffes refpecting it in his private letters to Lord SHEFFIELD, there is more conveved than there would be in volumes fuch as we could write. For years he had made it his refidence; and at laft, in contradiction to the defires of his friends, who wifhed to have him at home in England, he had written to have his property in England fold, in order to purchase an estate in Switzerland; but he too was chafed away by the French freedom, and the Rights of Man. Of the judgment, erudition, fagacity and tafte of GIBBON, there is but one voice; what he fays of a country and its means of promoting the happiness of its people, may pretty fafely be relied upon. Hear then what he faid juft at the period when he wrote to Lord SHEFFIELD, to countermand or rather fufpend the fale of his property in England ! ! "Within the last two or three years our "tranquility has been clouded (at Laufanne) by the diforders of France. The Revolution, or rather the diffolution of "that kingdom, has been heard and felt "in the adjacent lands. Our domeftic "harmony is embittered by the infufion 66 of party Spirit. Our ladies and gen"tlemen affume the character of Jelf. 44 taught politicians; and the fober dic"tates of wisdom and experience, are fi. lenced by the clamour of the triumphant democrats. The fanatic mif fionaries of fedition have fcattered the feeds of difcontent in our cities and villages, which had flourished above "two hundred and fifty years without fearing the approach of war, or feeling "the weight of government. Many in"dividuals and fome communities, ap 66 pear to be infected with the gallic fren "zy-the wild theories of equal and boundless freedom. I am fatisfied that "the failure or fuccefs of a revolt would "equally terminate in the ruin of this "country. While the aristocracy of "Berne protects the happinefs of its peo 66 ple, it is fuperfluous to enquire wheth "er it be founded in the Rights of Man. "The economy of the ftate is liberally 66 fupplied without the aid of taxes; and "the magiftrate must reign with prudence "and equity, fince they are unarmed in "the midst of an armed nation. For my "felf (may the omen be averted !) I can "only declare that the fi. At ftroke of a re"bel drum would be the signal for my "intended departure." Thofe Americans who read the above can hardly fail of applying certain parts of it to the present ftate of focial life in this country; "embittered as it is by the infufion of party fpirit"; or rather rancour. GIBBON was foon after obliged to leave that happy land forever; and his words have been fince verified. Revolt did terminate in the ruin of that country. And it is worthy of oblervation that the very democrats who were moft impatient to be releafed even from the control of their own democracies, are now the most funk in abject defpondent flavery to BONAPARTE. This is the country too for which the Jacobias here can find no pity, esteem, or confideration: The real legitimate object of their regards, is the Oppreffor, not the Oppreffed-Not SWITZERLAND, but BONAPARTE. This is the natural feeling of their hearts, this is the fentiment mott congenial to their difpofitions, their wishes, and their defigns. THE Port Folio, pointing out the dif ference between Duane, and certain federal editors, fays, "he is only a certificated citizen of the United States, while they are natives. They have never been compelled, either by their neceflities or their crimes, to roam about the world, like vagrants and paupers, in fearch of a dif graceful fubfiftence; they have a country. and a home; nor have they like Efau and his tribe, fold their birth-right for a mess of pottage." Balance Closet. The following communication appeared in the last Hudson Gazette; and, to make some amends for our neglect of the illustrious subject of it, we readily give it a republication : : "COMMUNICATION.: more complete burlesque on democracy. That he can obtain the office, even backed with all the influence of our Attorney-General, we do not believe; but the mere attempt serves to shew how high he conceives himself to stand with the party. It serves to shew how much his expectations have been raised; and it is possible-nay, even probable, that Cheetham thinks the council dare not refuse him any thing he asks. If any threats about "the bottom of bis ebest," should operate in his favor, and he should be appointed to the sheriff's office, it is to be hoped that one short interrogation will be put to him-" Is he honest ?" CAPTAIN CHEETHAM, "The "able editor" of the American Citizen, left town on Sunday laft, for Albany. It is faid he is in purfuit of the Sheriff's Office of the city and county of New-York, which has lately been vacatedly in general charges against the Bee. We have by the death of Mr. Stagg. Whether he will be able to obtain it, res with the council of appointment to determine. He is now, it is reported, for the furtherance of his object, in fearch of the Attorney-General, whofe aid it is fuppofed, will be of effential fervice to him. The AttorneyGeneral is now in Albany." MANH THOMSON. ANHATTAN,* mart of nations and queen of cities-the direful angel, alas revifits thee; And, "o'er thy splendid domes "He draws a close incumbent cloud of death." Fair feat of wealthy commerce, lately crowded with the bufy and the gay, how art thou changed! The cup of bitterness is in thine hand; the garment of fackcloth covereth thee. Lurid difeafe mars thy beauty, waftes thy ftrength and blights the flower of thy glory. "Death has come up into thy windows." Smitten are thy fons and thy daughters. Where youth bloomed and beauty thed her charms, there now are witnelled' "The deep-racking pang, the ghastly form, The lip pale, quiv'ring, and the beamless eye No more with ardour bright." Mute is the voice of joy ;" the found of mufic ceaseth; the harp is fufpended on the weeping willow groans, that pain the ear and pierce the heart, echo from thy gilded chambers. The hum of bufi. nefs is hufh'd to filence; the mournful hearfe, unattended and folitary, traverses thy lately crowded and bufy itreets. Thy children flee; thy "trafficers" keep aloof; thy acquaintance and thy lovers bemoan thee afar off. "How doth the city folitary that was full of people !" How has the become as a widow! She weepeth fore in the night, her tears are on her cheeks; all her lovers the hath none to arnong comfort her." Her priefts figh, her virgins are afflicted, and the is in bitternefs." Eternal fountain of mercy! arreft the hand of the Destroyer, repel the "wrathful vapours," and difpenfe the balm of health. Minifters of Grace! defcend, and hov * Manhattan was the ancient name of YorkIsland. OF THE LADIES OF CHARLESTON IN FAVOUR OF COL. HAYNE; PRESENTED TO LORD RAWDON AND COL. BALFOUR. MY LORD AND SIR, WE fhould have reafon to reproach ourfelves with having omitted a proper occafion of manifefting the tenderness peculiarly characteriflic of our fex, if we did not profefs ourfelves deeply interested and affected by the imminent and fhocking doom of the most unfortunate Mr. Hayne, and it we did not intreat you, in the most earneft manner, graciously to avert, prolong or mitigate it. We do not even think, much lefs do we intend to imply in the remoteft degree, that your fentence is unjuft; but we are induced to hope, that every end it proposes, may be equally anfwered, as it carried into execution: for to us it does not appear probable, that any, whom it is intended to influence, and deter from fimilar delinquency, will be encouraged with the hope of impunity, by reafon of any favour fhewn him, as they muft furely reflect, that it was owing to certain caufes and circumflances, that will not apply to them. We prefume to make this interceffion for him, and to hope that it will not prove fruitlefs, from the know. ledge of your difpofitions in particular, as well as from the reflection in general, that humanity is rarely feperable from courage, and that the gallant foldier feels as much reluctance to caufe, by deliber. ate decrees, the infliction of death on men in cold blood, as he does ardour in the day of battle and heat of action, to make the enemies of his country perifh by the fword. He may rejoice to behold his laurels fprinkled with the blood of armed and re. fifting adverfaries, but will regret to fee them wet with the tears of unhappy or phans, mourning the lofs of a tender, ami. able, and worthy parent, executed like a vile and infamous felon. To the praifes that men, who have been witnesses and fharers of your dangers and fervices in the field, may found of your military virtues and prownefs, we truft you will give the ladies occafion, to add the praises of your milder and fofter virtues, by furnishing them with a ftriking proof of your clemency and politenefs, in the prefent inftance. May the unhappy object of our petition owe to that clemency and politenefs-to our prayers and to his own merits in other refpe&ts-what you may think him not entitled to, if policy and justice were not outweighed in his hehalf. To any other men in power, than fuch as we think you both to be, we fhould employ on the occafion more ingenuity and art, to dress up and enforce the many pathetic and favourable circumftances attending his cafe, in order to move your paffions, and engage your favour; but we think this will be needlefs, and is obviated by your own fpontaneous feelings, humane confiderations, and liberal reafoning: nor thall we dwell on his molt excellent char after, the outrages and exceffes, and per haps murders, prevented by him, to which innocent and unarmed individuals were expofed in an extensive manner; nor fhail we here lay any ftrefs on the most grievous fhock his numerous and refpectable conwill be aggravated by the mode of it; nor nections muft fuftain by his death, which fhall we do more than remind you of the complicated diftrefs and fufferings, that muft befall his young & promifing children, to whom, perhaps, death would be more comfortable, than the fate of or phanage they will be left in. All thele things, we understand, have already been their due weight with men of your hureprefented, and we are fure will have mane and benevolent minds. Many of us have already fubfcribed a former petition for him, and hope you will regard our doing it again, not as importunity, but OBSERVING in the Bee of the well as private establishments of Paris with buckets, to be used in cafe of fire. It is true that God fometimes makes ufe || midity, or by boiling water and it has a!of wicked rulers to bring about his purpo-ready furnished many of the public as fes, but remember, that he has no need of them, otherwife than he had of the affes' colt, that he rode into Jerufalem upon; and we tell you, fir, we have no need of you to strengthen our profeffion, on the principles you have gone upon. PARCHMENT. I must conclude one of these two is METHOD of recovering the writing your character :-You are either a man void of even the first principles of reliupon parchment decayed by time, and of gion; or a blinded bigot to party politics. obliterated by time, into a veffel of cool making it legible.-Dip the parchment, In either circumftance, you are unfit for religious difcuffion. You are not only bout a minute take it out, and prefs it bewater, fresh drawn from the well; in a foolish in your choice of fubject, but ar rogant in your profecution of it. You tween two papers, to prevent its crumping fay," as many of my Chriftian brethren up in drying. As foon as it is moderately in the Methodist church have been blind-dry, if it be not legible, repeat the operation two or three times. The fkin will ed by the fcales of federal flander, falfthen refume its priftine colour, and aphood, ignorance and hypocrify, I have felected," &c. Do you think, Mr. Firth, pear all alike. that you are the only one that fees clearly? That your party only, are clear of flander, falfhood, ignorance and hypocrify? Your folly appears in this as notorious as in the knowledge of God's way and means of doing his work among us. God has wrought a great work among us, and we rejoice in it, and give HIM the glory; and God forbid that any methodift fhould, like you, give the glory to any man or men, left like Herod of hated memory, they fhould be like him fmitten and die. A new and valuable Styptic, which will stop Bleeding, goth ult. certain extracts from the Meth- Did you not know, vain man, that our mas ter's kingdom is not of this world? Did you not know that we are not dependent on Adams, Jefferfon, or any of his friends, for the increase of our church? If not, it is high time that you ftudied our difcipline, and there fee in what relation we hold our felves to civil government. We are taught there, as well as in our Bibles, to refpect the powers that are above us; and pray God to give his grace and wif dom to our rulers-not vainly puff them up as you do the infidels and twenty-God. profeffors, that the increase of the church is owing to them. diffolve it in the brandy, then add the IMPERMEABLE CLOTH. Literary Motice. TO NAVIGATORS. From the NEW-BRUNSWICK GUARDIAN. THE NAUTICAL ALMANAC, FOR 1804-PRICE ONE DOLLAR. WITH additional improvements, is now publifhed a work receffary for all feamen and others who are interested in the improvement of navigation, making the long defired problem of finding the LONGITUDE AT SEA fo ealy as to be learnt in a few hours. This almanac will be continued annually, and it is intended to pub lifh a complete fet of NAUTICAL TABLES, instead of a repetition of the explanations ufually given; that of 1805, which will be ready in a few weeks, will contain a table of Logarithms to 6 places of figures on an improved plan-CLARK'S SFAMAN'S DESIDERATA with the neceflary tables to be used with this almanac, and a fimpler method of clearing the lunar diftance than has hitherto been given is also publifhed. As no emolument is expected from this work, printed at the loweft poffible rate, at a confiderable expence, for the pub lic benefit, it is requested the printers in the United States will endeavour to make it generally known to all American naviga Be it our weekly task, 1 To note the passing tidings of the times. Latest Foreign Intelligence. LIVERPOOL, JULY 28. Copy of a letter from Dublin, dated Sunday, eleven o'clock 24th current, to a merchant in this town. "DEAR SIR, "The fituation of the city is moft aw-placed by circumfpection and restleffness. ful. The drums beat to arms at 10 o'clock I have received many reports on the manat night and continued until 12, when alner in which the people view our adminif. moft every citizen was under arms. The tration, on what they hope, and on what engagement continued until four o'clock, they require. I have almost always obferv. and within these two hours two of the 52ded a difcontent without any pretext, or by regiment have been killed in the neigh-which those which exifted were exaggerat. bourhood of the Royal Hofpital.”, PARIS, JUNE 20. Two days ago Bonaparte informed the Council of State, that he would prefide in it probably for the last time before his departure. The fitting was unusually long, and the Conful never appeared more lively, tranquil, and affable, than on this occafion. He addreffed them by a written fpeech, which related to a number of political and adminiftrative topics. He faid, "Before I commence one of the most important journeys ever undertaken by the "You will be shocked to hear that we are at this moment in a more alarming fituation than at any period during the unfortunate rebellion: At an early hour yesterday evening, a variety of inflamatory proclama. tions were distributed in every part of the town, calling on people to unite as before, in oppofition to English oppreffion, &c. and at fo early an hour as eight o'clock, a "A great enterprize occupies my mind, large party forced into the Lord Mayor's, great ameliorations demand my attention. and feized all the arms and pikes which Without detailing to you, at this moment, were in the house, and about ten o'clock a a vaft project, in which I fhall require the general engagement took place in the neigh-affiftance of your knowledge and your efborhood of James-ftreet, Thomas-street, and in every part of the liberty. Lord Kilwarden (the Chief Justice of the King's Bench) coming into town about 9 o'clock, was forced out of his carriage in Jamesftreet, with his nephew and were both kil led by the pikes. forts, I fhall, however defcribe to you the ed. We have not yet advanced far enough from the chaos to which we fucceeded, and the pretenfions which contributed not a lit. tle to produce it, are but too well recollect. ed. Indeed, when I fee the injustice with which our ameliorations are received, and the liberty which is taken with our conduct, I am compelled to afk myfelt, wheth er we have not been too gentle, too concil. iating, and whether it is poffible for this nation to accommodate itself to a temper. ate authority? "I am pretty well fatisfied with the rich proprietors. They have that refpect and deference for the government, which we are entitled to require of them. But, perhaps, they have not difplayed fufficient confequence-perhaps they have fhewn little anxiety to involve themselves in its deftiny-and, finally, they have, perhaps, made too few facrifices for fupporting it in its embarrassments; but this is not the proper moment for inveftigating all thefe fubjects of diffatisfaction. It is, however, neceffary, to difcover the cause of this uncertainty and coldnefs in the public opinion, and to remedy it promptly by Arong measures and vigorous inftitutions. "We cannot conceal from ourselves, "I know, that in general, the new gov that our internal administration has not that ernment is reproached for its expences.unity and activity which diftinguifh our ex- If, however, the people could reason when ternal relations. We are powerful and their wants are in queftion, it would be earefpected abroad, but at home we are timid-fy to prove that the expences which are fo difagreeable to them, fail in a very small proportion on the public treafure; but we well know that the multitude are incapable of entering into fuch details. The Revo"Why is our progrefs thus embarras lution has rendered them jealous of every fed ?-whence these internal distractions?thing connected with rank and fplendour: This I have not yet completely discovered. Perhaps, enterprizes, which require boldnefs, have been conducted with too much circumfpection-perhaps, too much importance has been given to public opinion in circumstances in which it ought to have been oppofed or difregarded. I know not, but it appears to me to be neceffary inftant ly to break all the habits which great bod. ies of the people have contracted by the revolution. Thus conducted to obedience by firm measures, they will feel lefs interefted in the changes which the return of order requires, and we shall at the fame time be more at liberty to attempt these changes. Col. Brown of the 21ft, and a few more officers, and feveral of the foldiery and yeomen have unfortunately been killy irrefolute-obliged to confult public oled, together with a great number who ap- pinions without, however, poffeffing at all pear of the very loweft order. very loweft order. But what is times the means of controuling or directhe moft alarming, is that their plots have ting it. been carried on with fuch fecrecy that they are not yet difcovered, notwithstanding feveral prifoners were taken. Mr. Clark, Mr. Clark, of Palmerton, cotton manufacturer, was hot on Arron Quay, at 8 o'clock in the evening and it appears there were feveral parties collecting, in different parts of the town at a very early hour. The Privy Council has been fitting at the caftle thefe two hours paft, and it is expected martialJaw will be proclaimed immediately. There are several gallows's erected in dif. ferent parts of the town and the executions it is fuppofed will be innumerable, as there are about 100 prifoners taken. They do not feem to have any leaders of confequence; the only one taken is a man of the name of M'Cabe, a publican, at whofe house there has been got about 1000 pikes and 600 rounds of ball cartridge. We have not yet heard of any disturbance in the country, and all the coaches have arrived this morning. The French are, in general, of an unquiet and difcontented difpofition.-That levity with which they were reproached, levity with which they were reproached, and which fome skilful minifters have turned to their advantage, in establishing abfolute authority, no longer exifs. It is re but to that, it is proper their minds fhould be habituated. As to the burthren of taxes, I am of opinion, that it is not fufficiently difguifed, and that it may be augmented, without being fo fenfibly felt. It is the opinion of Financiers that too much is levied on land. We must have recourfe to indirect taxation, but that requires an extended commerce; and this war, which I could neither prevent or delay, has deran. ged all my plans for the refloration of our induftry and navigation. I hope, howev er, that with the aid of fome regular trib utes which we have a right to require from our neighbours, either for the benefits which they have received, or which we grant them, it will be poffible to diminish the public charges; but this refource is not yet fixed, although it has already produced much. But the meafures, in the execution of which I have experienced re al obftacles, and open difaffection, is my attempt to increafe the army to that degree of force, which is proportionate to our influence in Europe, and the expeditions which I am preparing. "We cannot fupport our power without a great military eftablishment. We cannot remain formidable, unless we prefent to aftonished Europe a gigantic army. Military glory has raifed us to our prefent ftation, and it is only by a difplay of military power that we can maintain ourselves in it. The "I confefs, that for conftructing this formidable fupport of our grandeur, I thought I perceived great faculties in the national characters, in the warlike talents of the French people, and in their thirst of glory and conqueft, which fuccefs only ferves to ftimulate. In this, however, I have been a good deal deceived. confcription was at firft effected with fcarce any obftacle, but not without great murmurs; that inftitution, which peculiarly belonging to France, feems about to fail completely. There is no ardour in the youth, much indifpofition in the parents. The government ought, therefore, to direct all its attention to an inquiry into the caufes which have produced this apathy and refiftance. Vigorous measures are neceffary to remedy thofe evils, particularly, if I do not fucceed in the efforts I ftill intend to make in my journey for re-animating that warlike fpirit, which feems about to be extinguifhed. "I must next notice thofe fcenes from which I have experienced an almost equal degree of anxiety, which fortunately, however, begin to diminish. I mean the crimes of every kind which fome months ago ftill affailed us. That frenzy of vengeance and pillage has long given me great uneafinefs, and the fpecial tribunals will never be able to protect us from its at-tempts. Here I muft obferve that our judicial organization is bad; the judges are too independent of the government. Their places ought not to be for life, and we ought to poffefs more means of ftimulating them, when they are inactive or timid, or of punishing them when they mifunder. fland their duty. The inflitution of juries, which I have preferved out of refpect to those who founded it, rather than from any regard to the public opinion, is ufelefs, and can never be naturalized among us. Popular inftitutions will never fuit France. Every thing which approximates to the people, foon becomes either the object of their contempt or indifference. We muft have fevere judicial forms, and inflexible judges. Such a reform would be worthy of our meditations. You ought to pave the way for it, by your fpeeches and your writings. Without it, there is neither repole for us, nor fecurity for the people. Hudson, September 20, 1803. A GAMESTER PUNISHED. Hill Darley, Efq. lately convicted in the English Court of King's Bench, as a profeffed gamefter, was fentenced to be imgoods and chattels forfeited to the king. prifoned two years, and to have all his A duel was lately fought at Savannah, Georgia, between two members of the City tatally, or not, we do not learn. Council. One was wounded-whether On the morning of the 9th inft. a fire broke out in the Bakery of a Mr. Frazer, troyed ten dwelling-houses. in Cliff-Street, New-York, which def Bonaparte has propofed terms to Louis XVIII. offering him a princely establifhment on condition of his relinquithing for himfelf and his family all pretenfions to the Crown of the Bourbons. The official papers on this fubject are in our poffeffion, and will be given next week. The French talk big about the invafion of England. Gen. Victor lately declared as follows:-"The English nation fhall be difperfed round the globe like the tribe of Ifrael; Englishmen fhall be found every where, England no where." A fhort time fince there were published a few extracts of anonymous letters, faid to have been written by fome officer in the fervice of the Navy, criminating the conduct of Mr. Eaton, the conful of the United States at Algiers, and charging him with an unwarranted fpeculation wit: public money. The Conful, fince his return to this country, requested his fellow citizens to fufpend their opinions till he should furnish them with fufficient data by which to form a correct judgment. Since then he has drawn up a brief statement comprising fundry letters from Commodore Morris, Mr. O'Brien, and alfo his converfations with the Bey of Tunis, from a perufal of all which, we think, it plainly appears that Mr. Eaton is not only blameless; but from the fpirited and manly conduct which he has shown in the confular department, we think he is entitled to the efteem of the public. [Port Folio.] NEW-BRUNSWICK, SEPT. 1. MELANCHOLLY. The following unfortunate circumftance happened at Marchiponix, Middlefex county, on Sunday morning laft; a well had been dug the week before on a farm belonging to Mr. Cornelius Johnfon, 51 feet 303 deep. On the morning above mentioned, Samuel Garritfon, a tenant on the place, who dug the well, attempted, by the affift ance of his fon, to let down his fon-in-law, William Brown, in a bucket, who when he had defcended about so feet, called to thofe above to lower away, a few moments. after which they difcovered that he had fallen out of the bucket to the bottom of the well; upon which Mr. Garritson was let down by his wife and fon to the affift. ance of his fon-in-law; when he had got down about the fame diftance, he also called out to lower away; he allo fell out of the bucket when within about fix feet of the bottom-a trial was then made with a lighted candle, which went out after it defcended ten feet, and no perfon dare go down to their relief. Garritfon continued to groan for more than half an hour, but there was no poffibility of getting him out; plings and their remains interred; thus they were afterwards taken up by grap were two honeft, induftrious and refpectable men fnatched from their families and connections when leaft expected. At Cambridge, (Massachusetts) 27th August, the Rev. DAVID TAPPAN, D. D. Hollis Profes sor of Divinity in Harvard College, aged 57. A sketch of the character of that excellent and useful man, from the Boston Centinel, will be given in our Monitorial Department, next week. At Somers, Conn. on the 8th inst. Mrs. ANNA PARSONS, aged about 52. At New-York, on the 5th inst. of the prevailing epidemic, Mr. PETER PALMER, Schoolmaster, formerly of this city. At Catskill, on the 14th inst. Mr. CORNIGHT BRIGGS. ! |